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Background: Depression is psychological disorder that affects the person's mood, physical functions and social interactions. Medical students remain under stress that often exerts a negative effect on the academic performances, physical health and psychological well-being of students
Objective:To determine the prevalence of stress among medicals students
Methodology: Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Quaid-e-Azam Medical College Bahawalpur, Duration: 27 April to 30 May 2016. 100 students of either sex of Quaid-e-Azam Medical College were included in the study. A predesigned, pretested questionnaire and counting sampling technique was used to collect the data. Hamilton depression scale was used assess depression. The data was entered and analyzed by using SPSS version 16
Results: This study included 100 undergraduate medical students to assess prevalence of depression. Mean age was 21 +/- 2 years with age range of 18-27 years. 25% students were mildly depressed, 13% moderately and 15% severely depressed, whereas, 47% were normal
Conclusion: High prevalence of depression was found in medical in undergraduate level. Students it poses additional challenges for student's support service delivery